Class Sale-today only-Noell Hyman and Shimelle Laine

It looks like it.

I had the idea of doing something like this a while ago but I talked myself out of it because it was not the norm. I'm glad they are doing this - I like the audio format idea!

I don't get how they can charge $37 for an audio only class! I love Shimelle, but I prefer just to watch her process. She has the Cover to Cover class which sounds similar and includes videos! Which reminds me, I bought it at her sale and have to watch it.

Scrappyoutlaw - I would love to hear how you feel about the class. I ummed and ahhhed over this but in the end didn't make the leap. I'm very visual too and I just wasn't sure how I'd go.

doesitmatter Why does Noelle make you crazy, I don't know anything about her.

Noelle makes me a little crazy, too..a little too ditsy and easily distracted. She may be better when it's just her in her videos for subscribers, but on the Roundtable, she does irk me a bit at times with getting off topic. Not sure if that's the other poster's issue or not.

Noell doesn't bother me, but Izzy has started to. Maybe I just didn't notice it before, but it seems like he's been distracting the conversation and almost insulting crafters. Maybe it's just me.

The last couple of shows have seemed out of touch to me. The subscription trend episode pushed subscriptions and didn't really show the opposite viewpoint until the next episode with a very well thought out comment from a listener. A couple of weeks ago there was an episode about products you'd like to see made and the majority of the show talked about products that aren't around anymore. To me that's a completely different show.

I still listen because I still love it, but I do cringe while listening sometimes.

Wait.  So Noell always sounds like this??  I got the class because I like Shimelle and the subject matter.  I've only seen Noell in CHA videos. I have now suffered through three episodes of the "class."  I don't even want to listen to the rest of them.  I have never heard anyone sounding so unprepared for anything - and it is a class, not a roundtable, so she should be prepared to talk about something each episode, right?   She hems and haws constantly.  I'm in the process of planning subject albums, and I could be giving the class better than Noell. We are three episodes/hours/whatever in and all I know from her is that Noell's daughter wants to be a professional dancer and, apparently, Noell has a Nutcracker album on her.  Izzy has come up with some good points (that were brushed aside by Noell)...he should have done a class outline for her to follow.

At least Shimelle is enthusiastic as always.  Too bad she isn't being given more to work with.  I think she's following Noell's lead though ... to the detriment of the entire class.

I feel like a crumudgeon saying all that, but we're halfway in and so far there is no content.  If you'd like, I'll take one for the team though and update you as I listen to the remaining episodes.

No crumudgeon. You are a paying customer.  If that is how you feel, that is how you feel. I appreciate truthfulness rather than false fan girl hype. I was not interested in the class from the get go, but I still would be interested in your final assessment.

Nothing to comment on about the class, but wanted to let people know that Noelle has ADD... that (I think) is why she jumps around so much and seems so easily distracted. (I haven't listed to the Roundtable in forever, but I do remember hearing that.)

I don't think I could do an audio-only class, either... I'm much more of a visual learner.

Ok so I hadn't been back here but I agree with the above. I can't quite put my finger on it other than what others have said, but Noelle and Izzy just aren't for me. And that's ok, different strokes and all that...

After some internal debate I ended up buying this. I've taken a few of Shimelle's classes including Cover to Cover but have only taken one class from Noell (the romantic course) and am not a member of paperclipping. So far I have listened to five of the six episodes. Here's what I think so far:


* I don't mind the audio format as I often listen to podcasts while driving or scrapping.

* I often wish the roundtable discussions would last longer so I'm enjoying the extended discussion.

* Many of the principles discussed would benefit from a visual component. There are two episodes (out of six) on visual cohesion - creating a unified approach to your story through design, elements, colours, etc. While they both provide really specific examples I think having an accompanying PDF with images of some of those principles would really help. I find it easy to visualise how this works in real life from Shimelle's examples because she talks about layouts that have appeared in Glitter Girl episodes or other classes I've taken. I have a very limited frame of reference for Noell's layouts so while I can understand "I use the same embellishment at the start of every section" I think it would have emphasised the lesson to see three or four examples of how she has done this in her album.

* Both Noell and Shimelle have a tendency to go down a rabbit hole during the discussion so instead of discussing the key principle of the episode we end up hearing why Shimelle moved house several times in quick succession.

*As mentioned by a pp Izzy has added value by asking some pertinent questions. Rather than being an afterthought on the episode these would have made a great basis for the discussion.

* For me I don't think it is good value for money at $19 (let alone at $37!). If a PDF or video was included which gave an overview of the lessons discussed as well as some images of examples that demonstrated those lessons in action I would feel the value was better.


I have no regrets about buying this class but future audio only classes will need to be on a topic I am desperate to learn more about or be with a teacher I feel I can learn a great deal from to make me jump on this bandwagon again.

I bought it but it won't download on my ipad. I have to figure something else out or my money is wasted.